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Yetman, David, 1941-
Subjects
Saguaro -- Southwestern States.
Cactus -- Southwestern States.
Cactus -- Mexico.
Cactus -- South America.
Ethnobotany.
Cactus -- Utilization.
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The great cacti : ethnobotany & biogeography / David Yetman.
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Yetman, David, 1941-
Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, c2007.
Subjects
Saguaro -- Southwestern States.
Cactus -- Southwestern States.
Cactus -- Mexico.
Cactus -- South America.
Ethnobotany.
Cactus -- Utilization.
ISBN:
9780816524310 (hardcover : alk. paper) :
0816524319 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Series:
Southwest Center series
Description:
viii, 297 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cm.
Contents:
The Great Cacti -- Uses of the Great Cacti -- Ecology, Columnar Cacti, and Deserts -- Distribution of the Great Cacti -- What Makes a Cactus? -- Ribs, Flowers, and Roots -- Origin, Evolution, and Taxonomy of Cacti -- The Future of the Great Cacti -- The Cacti -- Saguaros -- Pitayos and Pitayas: The Genus Stenocereus --The True Giants: The Genus Pachycereus -- Tetechos and Their Allies: The Genus Neobuxbaumia -- The Hairy and Bearded Cacti: Cephalocereus and Pilosocereus -- The Goblet Cacti: Jiotillos, Garambullos, Chendes, and Chichipes -- The Mexican Loners: Isolatocereus, Mitrocereus, and Backebergia -- The Pasacana and Its Andean Associates: Trichocereus, Stetsonia, and Oreocereus -- Espostoas -- The Tall Ones of Peru and Northern Chile: Neoraimondia, Weberbauerocereus, Corryocactus, and Eulychnia -- The San Pedro Cactus: Echinopsis pachanoi -- The Sausage Cacti: Armatocereus and Jasminocereus -- Azureocereus and Browningia -- The Cerei -- Pilosocereus and Other Bearded Cacti of Brazil -- The Hot Spots: Where the Great Cacti Are.
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